Wildlife and pony socks
As you can tell from my last post about Hoary Alyssum, my week wasn’t really that great for riding. Monday was the first day the boys’ legs starting getting big. P was looking ouchy all over pretty much so I…
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Stampede
Hoary Alyssum strikes again
Hoary Alyssum is a weed that can be toxic to horses. It is also a weed that grows on the property where I keep my horses. I was unfortunate to experience the effect of this weed on my horses for…
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Better late then never
So first a show recap to go with the picture I posted on Wednesday! This picture is from our first class of the weekend, which was equitation over fences. He was great, just one late lead change where I think…
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Wordless Wednesday – Fancy Stampy
In One Piece
Since I haven’t written about what the boys have been up to for a while, I figured it was time. Phoenix had a sudden lameness the week before last where he was fine at night but came out of his stall…
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Viva Carlos Magical Blog Hop: Bit It Up
This week on L’s blog hop, we are discussing what bits our beasties go in and used in the past. Stampede Well when I first started with Stampede I put him in a simple single jointed racing D since that…
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Viva Carlos Magical Blog Hop: Continuation School
As L asked in one of her now famous Blog Hop questions – with all of the problems that come with riding and owning horses, why do you keep riding? This question immediately made me think of a poem my friend Jessica…
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As the wind blows
I will say there has been some crappy weather since I got back from Kentucky. Temperatures in the 40’s and 50’s, rain, and strong winds much of the time. Nothing makes me or the horses crankier than riding inside in…
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Happy 13th Birthday Stampede!
The speed at which time goes by as you get older is astounding. The years seem to be saying that it’s been over 7 years since I started riding Stampede and I’m not sure how that happened. The beast and…
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Stampy goes to MSU
So today Stampede and I made another voyage to MSU, this time for his third set of back injections since he was diagnosed with kissing spines last March. Afterwards we got the boy all booted up and headed back home….
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